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Ref. Ares(2020)3417416 - 30/06/2020









Basis (CAB Gabriel/48) 
Berl. 09/017 - 08/09/17 
Line to take 
I.
On the Digital Single Market Strategy and mid-term review
II. On copyright
General 
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6/26 

Basis (CAB Gabriel/48) 
Berl. 09/017 - 08/09/17 
On publisher's right 
• The Commission's proposal is balanced and positive for press publishers. The
ongoing negotiations in the Council and the Parliament have proven to be
difficult, regarding some of the areas of interest to publishers (e.g. the
publishers' right and TDM). Therefore, press publishers' support in the
discussions will be important.
• Regarding the publishers' rights, the Commission’s proposal aims to address
the main problems faced by press publishers in the digital environment, both in
terms of licensing and enforcement.
• The new right would help publishers in the licensing of their press publications
in order to obtain a fair share of the revenues generated by the use of their
content in the digital environment.
• Therefore, an approach that only addresses enforcement issues (Comodini’s
draft report) would not be sufficient to guarantee that the press publishers' role
in investing and disseminating quality journalistic content is sufficiently
recognised and compensated.
• Obviously, the deletion of the Commission’s proposal on press publishers’
rights would not meet our objectives regarding the press industry and would in
the long run weaken media pluralism, democratic debate, quality of information
and cultural diversity in the European society.
• Otherwise, the Commission is following closely the discussions in the different
EP committees and in the Council. We are still analysing the proposed
amendments and assessing  the extent to which they could affect the
effectiveness of the proposed intervention.
III. On ePrivacy
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of hyperlinks, constitute copyright protected acts under EU Law. In  another 
words, the Commission's proposal is not intended to regulate this specific kind of 
situations. The protection of snippets and/or hyperlinks under copyright is a 
more general question that has become a more important topical issue with the 
adoption of the Proposal.  
• With its proposal, the Commission's objective is to introduce a new category of
neighbouring right holders -  press publishers-. It does not aim at modifying the
scope of what is already protected by copyright.
• Regarding the "snippets" in particular, reproducing or making available
fragments or short extracts of press articles, which constitute the expression of
an intellectual effort by the author, is already covered by copyright. The related
rights granted to press publishers will not change that.
• The option A of the presidency compromise proposal seems to confirm the
above-mentioned. It does not add any new requirement but just confirm the case
law of the Court of Justice on the notion of originality. It clarifies that the
protection will cover extracts (including "snippet") to the only extent that they
fulfil the threshold of originality. As a consequence, if the extracts are too short
to reflect the author's intellectual creation, they will not be covered by  the new
rights.
The Commission has proposed a new press publishers right for the online use of 
their publications. Does not the Commission's proposal risk to affect the 
functioning of Internet, especially the sharing of hyperlinks or of snippets, for 
instance when tweeting? 

• The right of individual users to share hyperlinks or snippets, in particular in social
networks, is not affected by the Commission's proposal. The proposal does not
impact what individual users can do with press publications.
• The COM's objective is not to intervene on the way users share or use extracts
of publications online, but on the way third parties obtain financial gain from
these online uses.
• For that purpose, the COM has introduced a new category of neighbouring right
holders  -  press publishers-  but has not modified the scope of what is already
protected by copyright.
• As regards hyperlinks, the proposed Directive specifies explicitly that the
protection granted to press publishers does not extend to acts of hyperlinking,
which do not constitute communication to the public (Recital 33).
• As regards "snippets", reproducing or making available fragments or short
extracts of press articles, which constitute the expression of an intellectual effort
by the author, is already covered by copyright. Nevertheless, if the extracts are
too short to reflect the author's intellectual creation, their reproduction will not
require authorisation or payment. The related rights granted to press publishers
will not change that.
Why does not the proposal on publishers' rights cover the rights of distribution 
or communication to the public? 

• The Commission has put forward a balanced proposal based on the evidence
gathered during consultation with all relevant stakeholders.
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• The identified problem related to the exploitation of press publishers' content is
linked to the digital uses of your content.
• We need to make sure that we propose something which does not go beyond
what is necessary to achieve our objective.
Why scientific publishers are not holders of related rights in the Commission's 
proposal? 

• The Commission is aware of the important role and responsibility of scientific
publishers in the investment and dissemination of scientific journals.
• The Commission's proposal on new related rights is targeted to press
publishers. It is in this area where the main problems regarding the licensing and
enforcement of rights have been identified. Press publishers are today facing
significant problems regarding the recoupment of investments in their press
publications.
• Although the transition to the digital environment is challenging for all sectors,
the business models of STM publishers differ from the means of exploitation and
reuse of news content by internet platforms, news aggregators and social
networks.
What is the added value of the new related right for press publishers? 
• The new related right covering news publications will ensure that the
organisational and economic contribution of press publishers (such as
newspaper and magazine publishers) is recognised and incentivised in EU law,
as it is today the case for other creative sectors (film and phonogram producers,
broadcasters). It will in particular provide these publishers with a substantial
added value when it comes to licensing out their publications for online uses by
third parties, something that is increasingly important for them in the digital
environment.
• It will also allow press publishers to effectively act against illegal uses of press
publications online, whereas today a court may ask a publisher to prove that it
owns all the allegedly infringed rights (e.g. in one case reported by the
publishing industry up to 22,000 contracts with journalists in order to file a
lawsuit for the mass infringement of publishers' rights in DE).
• Overall we expect the new right to give publishers a clearer legal framework to
test new business models in the digital environment to the ultimate advantage
of the consumers. This is not only about news aggregators. For example,
licensed multi-brand B2C services of the type of Netflix or Spotify are just
starting to emerge in the publishing sector, with the Dutch company Blendle
being the best known example at the moment; we expect the new right to help
publishers developing further licence-based cooperation with innovative
business models in the future.
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Basis (CAB Gabriel/48) 
Berl. 09/017 - 08/09/17 
DSM State of play 
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Basis (CAB Gabriel/48) 
Berl. 09/017 - 08/09/17 
II. On copyright
1. Directive on copyright in the DSM – State of play
a) In the European Parliament
In JURI (lead committee):
The draft report of Ms Comodini (EPP/MT) was delivered on 10 March. However, Ms 
Comodini has been replaced recently by Mr Axel Voss (EPP/DE) as rapporteur. Mr 
Voss does not necessarily share Ms Comodini’s views as expressed in her report (e.g. 
he is closer to the Commission’s views on press publishers’ rights or value gap). 
The shadow rapporteurs are Lidia Geringer (S&D/PL), Angel Dzhambazki (ECR/BG) 
Jean-Marie Cavada (ALDE/FR), Jiri Mastalka (GUE/CZ), Julia Reda (Greens/DE), 
Isabella Adinolfi (EFDD/IT) and Marie-Christine Boutonnet (ENF/FR).  
924 amendments have been tabled (to be added to 72 in the draft report) and were 
discussed on 13 July. The vote for adoption of the draft report will take place  on 10 
October (tbc).  
Overview of the main changes proposed in the amendments tabled in JURI: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On  press publishers’ rights, there is no consensus, including among political groups 
(EPP, ALDE, and S&D). Amendments are made with very opposite objectives, ranging 
from the complete deletion of the new right (Geringer, Mastalka, Reda and Adinolfi) to 
the extension of its scope (Voss, Cavada, Dzhambazki). The approach taken by 
Comodini is only followed by a couple of EPP members.  
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In other EP committees: 
IMCO adopted its opinion on 8 June (rapporteur: Catherine Stihler). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CULT adopted its opinion on 11 July (rapporteur: Marc Joulaud). On value gap, 
 
 
 
 
 
  Publishers' rights are 
extended to analogue uses but reduced in its term of protection to 8 years and 
complemented by optional rules on journalists' remuneration. 
ITRE adopted its opinion on 11 July (rapporteur: Zdzisław Krasnodębski). 
 
 
 
Press publishers’ rights are extended 
to scientific publications and to analogue uses and complemented by rules on fair 
remuneration of journalists and other authors in the publication. 
 
 
 
 
 
LIBE (rapporteur: Michał Boni) wil  vote its opinion in September (date to be defined). 
b) In the Council

MS have generally welcomed the provisions on exceptions and out-of-commerce
works. Many MS are in favour of extending the exceptions to new beneficiaries
and simplifying the licensing system proposed for out-of-commerce. Many MS
raised concerns regarding the rationale of the proposed publisher's rights, their
effectiveness and the lack of evidence. 
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Contact(s): 
Personal 
Data - 
Article 
• For DSM Strategy : 
 (DG CNECT, F1) tel.: 
4(1)(b)
• For Copyright
 (DG CNECT, I2) tel.: 
• For ePrivacy : 
 (DG CNECT, H), tel.: 
• For AVMSD: 
 (DG CNECT, I1), tel. 
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